Let's Animate Bumblebee - Animating a Transformers Transformation

Animating a transformers animation is something I've always wanted to tackle but never known how to go about it and always kinda chickened out before really getting started. But with the new Bumblebee movie coming out I decided it was finally time to take on this character rig challenge. I took inspiration and resource footage from the new Bumblebee movie, from the Michael Bay movies, from an awesome YouTuber called Osro and from the fantastically designed 'Transformers War for Cybertron franchise.' And armed with those resources I finally got this animation done and am thrilled with how it turned out! And to make sure other people would have an easier time taking on a project like this in the future, I recorded and edited together and narrated my process behind making this Bumblebee animation. So I hope this behind the scenes breakdown of how I animated a transformer is useful and or interesting to everyone watching! Bumblebee Character Rig Download https://drive.google.com/file/d/1okltOSWLb-j3sn8vrX-oXc8nLCo1WqA4/view?usp=sharing Animating Optimus Prime for Fall of Cybertron Courtesy: Game Infromer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDrOcu7-uMU&t=10s Osro's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/osro1113 Bumblebee Transforming Costume Courtesy: Robot Costumes USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ag6lFQrexU Follow me on Instagram too for more of my art and animations! https://www.instagram.com/chr.pearson/ Also, check out some of my other videos too! Pokemon as a Side-Scroller https://youtu.be/-dgwCG9ujXQ Spider-man Stuck in the Mario World https://youtu.be/ZHehn3doCXE To All the Fandoms I’ve Loved Before https://youtu.be/lnZ5XQ3OvBI Why do we Love Dinosaurs (Animated Theories) https://youtu.be/0zZ_XZGB2IY Develop Your Art Style by Copying Other Artists: https://youtu.be/Hb0v-x6QmkI 2D Animation is Thriving (On Netflix and YouTube) https://youtu.be/P_XePJGCteU Spider-man - The Dynamism of Web Swinging https://youtu.be/yHaJSEdXkaM #Bumblebee #CharacterRigging